Two top negotiators of the original North American Free Trade Agreement say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is right not to sign onto NAFTA's renegotiated agreement if it does not include the Chapter 19 dispute resolution mechanism. âWithout a dispute resolution chapter or mechanism, the agreement is worthless,â said Mickey Kantor, who led U.S. trade negotiations during the latter days of the original NAFTA negotiations under U.S. president Bill Clinton as the U.S. Trade Representative from 1993 to 1996.

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